German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stepping down from the world stage after 16 years beset by crises and critics. Her absence will be felt at home and abroad.
Then-President Donald Trump talking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and surrounded by other G7 leaders in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, in June 2018.At home, Merkel, seen by many to be a stable hand, is still more popular than any of the current party leaders, who polls show have yet to really capture the country’s imagination.
“Probably her least seen achievement is how Germany rose in importance, in power and strength within Europe, but also in the world stage, and that rise, that growth never really was a threat to Germany's neighbors,” said Stefan Kornelius, author of “Angela Merkel: The Chancellor and Her World.” The country’s first East German leader, Merkel studied physics and earned a doctorate in chemistry before working for several years as a researcher.that she got involved in politics. She quickly rose in prominence, and in 1991 she became the youngest member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s Cabinet as minister for women and youth.
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